I wish they were, as an option which I would be happy to pay for. I didn’t choose Al for its lower price, but for being more lightweight than the other versions.
I always thought this myself. I would never choose any of those materials over aluminum due to weight, but I would gladly pay more for the lighted switch option also.
I’d say if price is not a “concern”, the cu+ti weight must be close to the AL… maybe? Albeit a different balance of weight, titanium is a decent degree lighter then AL, I believe. I’m sure someone who have both can verify this for us?
I emailed Hank and asked if a backlit switch would be an option on the standard D4V2 and his reply was that there were no plans to do it. That was a few months ago though. I’m holding out and not ordering anything else, because every time that I do the upgrades are always out minutes after I get my shipping notice.
I’m about to the point where I’m going to order every light Hank sells with every emitter he has. I love my D4V2 and my 2000k KR4. I should do the math on that
Hank told me lighted switch on aluminum was a no go when I asked him last week. Really wish he would do it. Didn’t stop me from ordering another D4v2 with my K1 though…
I noticed my fw3 copper got hot very quickly. My brass d4v2 does too, but with different emitters in my 3 lights of comparison it’s difficult to tell why or how much faster.
Ya my KR4 gets pretty hot cause I use it as my desk light. I try to keep the brightness at a level that is sufficient but doesn’t make the light get warm. Sometimes I neglect to do that and it gets hot. Not sure if that affects the life of the light but if so it just gives me a good excuse to buy another (: